If you are facing problems with your Jolla-account, downloading and installing applications from the Jolla-store, and/or getting the latest Sailfish OS update/s, please follow these instructions carefully:

Check date and time

Check that the time and date are correct on your phone. If they are wrong, fix them in Settings > System > Time and date.

Log in with your Jolla-account credentials – if you are able to log in everything is OK

If you cannot login: Select ‘Reset Password’ and enter the same email address you used when you originally registered your Jolla account

You will receive an e-mail with your username information and a link to set a new password. The subject is "Password reset on account.jolla.com". If you do not get this e-mail in a few minutes, please check your Spam folder.

Check that your Jolla's date and time settings are correct in Settings > System > "Time and Date"

You are now logged in to the Jolla Store and should be able to

(a) Install applications(b) Install The Other Half back cover(c) Get SailfishOS updates.

(a) Download and install applications

Tap on Categories (at the bottom of the display), then on Jolla (in the end of the list).

Tap on each app you want to get and then tap 'Install'.

(b) Install The Other Half back cover

While the phone is turned on attach The Other Half to the phone

Tap on 'Install' near the top of the display.

(c) Download and installing Sailfish OS updates

If your current SailfishOS is one of 0.99.5.11, 1.0.0.5 or 1.0.1.10, please check chapter EXCEPTION: UPDATING FROM EARLY OS VERSIONS in the end of this page.

1) Installing updates from notifications

When there is an OS update available, you will receive a notification on your phone. All notifications are visible in the Events view. You can access it by swiping upwards from the lower edge of the screen.

Tap on the OS notification to open it

Access the pull-down menu to select 'Download' and follow the instructions on the screen

2) Checking for Sailfish OS updates manually

Alternatively, you can manually check for available Sailfish OS updates by following the steps below:

Open Settings -> System > Sailfish OS updates

Access the pull-down menu to select 'Check for update'

If there is an update you can see a mention of it in the middle of the screen near 'SailfishOS'. Take it by pulling down 'Update phone'.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

If you still can’t get applications or get the latest OS update, we recommend that you do a factory reset.

It is advised that you make a backup of your contacts and other important files prior to resetting and save the backup to an SD card on your phone - this is supported from SailfishOS release 1.0.4.x onwards.

How to do a factory reset:

Go to ‘Settings’ > ’System’ > ’Reset device’ (at the bottom of the long list)

The user memory of the phone will now be reset and all SailfishOS updates as well as all your user data (installed applications etc.) will be lost and the phone will return to the state it was when it left the factory.

Preparing the phone for use after factory reset

1. Restart your Jolla and follow the instructions of the start-up wizard (tutorial). We recommend that you skip the adding of a Jolla account for now, we’ll do that at step 3. Also do not install any apps, nor sign-in to any accounts.

2. Make sure that your phone has a working Internet connection (WLAN or mobile data). You can check this by going to the web browser and entering any webpage address – if the page opens, your connection is working.

3. Open the Jolla Store application and choose ‘Add account’ from the pulldown menu, choose ‘Jolla’, then sign in with your Jolla-account credentials.This step is similar to that of "Access your Jolla Account on your Jolla phone" above.

At this point you have your Jolla account and Store available. Let's update SailfishOS to the latest version.

4. Go to Settings > System > About Product.

5. Select ‘Check for update’ in the pulldown menu. Do as instructed at item "2) Checking for Sailfish OS updates manually" above.

6. Choose ‘Download’ and wait for the update to load. The progress bar is indicated on the scenery picture. Notice that the picture lightens from left to right indicating the progress in the download. Wait until the update has loaded and then select ‘install’ from the pulley menu. During the installation process there will be a Sailfish-logo on the screen and below that a line to indicate the installation process. Keep the phone connected to a charger. Do not touch the POWER key in this phase. The phone will restart after the installation is complete.

Note: Updates from early SailfishOS version happen through an intermediate step at version 1.0.2.5 and 1.1.2.16. After installing 1.0.2.5 you should seek for the latest version and install that.